Options Trading with Technical Analysis

We are an investment group focused on stock options trading. We learned how to trade options from A.J. Brown, a renowned options trading expert. Our stock options trading strategies are based on his teachings at tradingtrainer.com. We rely heavily on charting analysis and stock trading software to guide our trades. Our goal is to build a steady stream of income from options trading, and not necessarily go after the get rich quick avenues. We prefer to concentrate on those securities that the "smart money" tend to follow and have investment interests. We also prefer those securities with a good history of trend. But we will also dabble in the explosive breakout stocks that tend to develop around the quarterly earnings seasons. We typically target only those stocks residing in the Nasdaq, Dow, or SP500 whose fundamentals are strong. We further narrow the list of securities to only those with market price of $50 or higher. We typically trade on a short-term basis and do not utilize Leaps. Our swing trading techniques consist of selecting high probability stock candidates using the marketclub stock trading software. After the market closes each day we use marketclub to scan for stock candidates and then evaluate those candidates by applying charting analysis to help uncover price trends. The data gathered from the charting analysis are used to generate a final list of stock candidates, with specific information in entering a trade and also specific criteria for exiting the trade. We utilize a small set of indicators, in addition to the price and volume charts, to help determine the trending bias of a particular stock. The stock indicators that we employ are the Williams %R, the MACD, the Chaiken Oscillator, the Relative Strength Index (RSI), On Balance Volume (OBV), Accumulation/Distribution, the Commodity Channel Index (CCI), the Stochastics and finally, the Fibonacci Retracement Lines to help guide our trade decisions. Although these indicators were created from logical mathematical formulas, an experienced trader will recognize that the price movement of a security is not always predictable and no single indicator or sets of indicators will be 100% accurate. Thus far, we are not aware of any mathematical formula that can truly predict the price behavior of a stock; simply because no formula exists that can accurately account for the HUMAN factor. Many traders tend to trade the same securities day-in and day-out. As a result, each stock over time, tends to develop a unique personality that reflects the trading mentality of the investors who follow that particular stock. As the traders' behaviors change over time, the stock's personality will also evolve. At first
glance, it may seem contradictory that our members continue to utilize the charting analysis and the stock chart technicals to study the price behavior of a stock. But we have come to realize that all of the traders have access to the same indicators and are using the same charting analysis tools. It would seem logical for our members to utilize the same set of tools and stock trading software, in order to gain insight into the trading behaviors of the masses. By learning to find clues in charting analysis, we learn to anticipate the movements of the masses... and to-go-with-the-flow.

By recognizing that certain combinations of indicators work well together in helping to predict price movement, AJ Brown learned how to trade options and developed a set of templates that can be used to identify the personality of a particular stock. These combinations of leading and lagging indicators, can be categorized as exhibiting either a REACTIVE personality, a BUFFERED personality, a CHAIKEN personality, a BREAKOUT personality, or an OSCILLATORY personality. By setting up these templates to help filter stocks to their appropriate personalities, we have been very successful in identifying stock trends and in determining entry points (i.e. buy call and put options) and exit points (i.e. sell call and put options). AJ Brown's stock options trading system has been successfully utilized by many of the investing members at the optionsoutlet.com website, in addition to the 900+ stock options trading students that are currently under AJ's tutelage. Anyone interested in learning how to chart stocks or to gain a better understanding of stock chart technicals, we recommend that you visit AJ's stock tradingtrainer.com website. Investors interested in obtaining additional trading mentoring services, we recommend evaluating the TheTradingAuthority Coaching Program. It provides personalized coaching that helps to shape your trading habits to become a more disciplined trader. The site currently offers free daily trading strategy lessons to interested investors. We came across this review site (The Trading Authority Review) when we were looking for additional coaching and additional information on how to trade options. It provided some insights into the coaching program and also gave us a feel for what others are saying about the TheTradingAuthority coaching program.

The following links provide a log of our investment activities, in addition to the stock option candidates that we are currently monitoring:

Stock Watchlist

Is a filtered list of stocks that have triggered from our stock options trading strategies. This list still requires some additional confirmation before we can trade.

Stock Monitorlist

Is a list of stocks that have not triggered, but we continue to monitor because we have a good understanding of it's personality and its trends. We utilize the Marketclub stock trading software to generate our stock monitoring list.

Picklist

Is a list of stocks identified by our stock options trading strategies as having strong fundamentals and chart trending patterns have been established in the past. This list provides a pool of potential candidates of stocks that are analyzed on a weekly basis and chart personality templates are applied to each stock to determine its trend behavior. We also apply the MarketClub Trade Triangle scanning tool to the monthly and weekly charts to validate our personality stock templates for trends and to help uncover entry and exit points. We found this tool from a review site while browsing the internet. To read their review of Marketclub, follow this MarketClub Review link.

DISCLAIMER: This website is intended as a vehicle for our members to share stock and options investment ideas. This options trading website is not meant to be an investment advisory site, nor does it claim to have expertise in stock analysis nor technical analysis. This site does not produce nor provide any type of investing newsletter or stock trading advisory services to the public. Everything on this website is offered to our viewers for free and updated on a daily basis with new stock picklists. Although a list of trades are provided for all users who are interested in options, we do not recommend any stocks or options to anyone viewing these pages. If you are currently not a member of our club, you are still more than welcomed to browse the website and download any of our materials at your leisure, for free. However, if you decide to trade a stock or option based on what you find within these pages, then you must also do your diligence in researching each security thoroughly. Optionsoutlet.com is not responsible for your actions and will not be held accountable for your losses or gains. If you are looking for validation on our stock picks, or looking for stock trading education or similar investment mentoring programs, we recommend you research the following sites:

The Options Clearing Corporation - as a guarantor of options trading transactions, the OCC ensures that the obligations of the options contracts are free of errors and the transactions are fulfilled in the most expeditious manner. The OCC provides documentation and publications on options trading for the general public.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission - The mission of the SEC is to protect the investors, maintain fair, orderly and efficient markets and facilitate capital information. The reader may obtain legal documents and trading practices and guides from this site.

Trading Education - The Options University website is a great source of education on options trading. The site offers ongoing stock option trading webinars, in addition to numerous trading courses both online and face-to-face classroom. Some free trading materials from Options University are identified at this page: Options trading education. Recommended reading - The Trend Strategist Handbook by Price Headley is a good ebook for the novice trader as well as long-time traders. The book goes into details on technical stock chart analysis. For more information on the contents of the ebook, visit the Price Headley Handbook review website.